Hamm, Hans W
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Publisher / Publication Date: Volunteers in Technical Assistance, Inc. 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.2 HAMSummary: Building, blasting and crushing! It's all in a day's work for front-end loaders, diggers and dozers! Huge shovels dig foundations, a towering crane builds a skyscraper, dynamite sends a smokestack crumbling to the ground, and a colossal crusher grinds up rock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Dozers; excavators; loaders; giant forestry machines; graders; and dump trucks - all in exciting non-stop action. Learn what the machines do, and how they do it. Wall-to-wall big machine action that will thrill and delight young and old alike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TM Books & Video 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ALLGordon, Nick.
Summary: "Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces extreme diggers to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Features both new and antique John Deere equipment. Including tractors, combines, pickers, cultivators, planters, plus road construction machines such as dozers, road graders, and wheel loaders. Learn what the machines do and how they do it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TM Books & Video 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ALLHulick, Kathryn
Summary: Presents facts about fracking, covering its origins, how it works, and its side effects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 622 HULHolub, Joan
Summary: "We're big construction stuff with mighty jobs to do. But how exactly do we work? What makes us super skilled? Team up with us and you'll find out. It's time to work. Let's build!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HOLDaynes, Katie
Summary: "This excellent addition to the ever popular Questions & Answers series lifts the flap on all kinds of gadgets, systems and ideas. It answers questions such as How does electricity get into our walls? Why do waves go up and down? and Where does money come from? Perfect for every inquisitive child"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT STEM DaynesHumphrey, Natalie
Summary: "Earthmovers are used on construction sites and to build roads every day, but what is an earthmover? Bulldozers, wheel loaders, and dump trucks are just some of the amazing mega machines young readers will discover in this text. With the ability to move, scrape, and flatten dirt, each mega machine has an important dirty job to do, and they do it well! With stunning photographs and informative,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2023
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Summary: Provides five-step instructions for drawing machines used in work and construction, including concrete mixers, tractors, and bulldozers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childs World 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 743.896 KESKuefler, Joseph
Summary: When a lost duckling waddles onto their jobsite, Digger and his friends learn how to do more than just scoop, hoist, and push.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG KUESmith, Michael Patrick F.
Summary: "A vivid window into the world of working class men and the value of hard labor, set during the Bakken fracking boom in North Dakota Shiftless and unsatisfied in his life, Michael Patrick Smith decided in his mid-thirties to seek out the hardest work he could find, to see if he could do it. He wanted to be a person, unlike his father, who knew how to work and get things done. He found himself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMITH, MICHAEL PATRICK F. SMIGriswold, Eliza
Summary: In Amity and Prosperity, the prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and one woman’s transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist. Stacey Haney is a local nurse working hard to raise two kids and keep up her small farm when the fracking boom comes to her hometown of Amity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.73 GRIGerstner, Louis V.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 004.068 GERClay, Kathryn
Summary: "Simple nonfiction text and full-color photographs present cranes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621.8 CLARawson, Katherine
Summary: "Tractors, wagons, combines, and trailers-what are these things? They're all machines on a farm! How do they work? What are they for? Kids can get to know the many machines that make farms go"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 631.3 RAWWilsher, Jane
Summary: "Ever wondered what's going on inside some of the world's most incredible machines and inventions? In your kitchen or bedroom, beneath city streets, or far up in space, machines are at work day and night making, moving, building, and even thinking for us. Use the magic lens included with this book to discover the inner workings of machines from bicycles to microwaves and from printing presses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: What on Earth Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621.8 WILClay, Kathryn
Summary: "Dig, dig! There is the excavator. Large, colorful photographs and easy-to-read text gives young learners an up-close look at their favorite construction vehicles"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN CLAKuefler, Joseph
Summary: When Digger discovers a flower growing in the center of the town being built, his entire perspective changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E KUECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KUECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KUEZalewski, Aubrey
Summary: Discover the purpose and parts of front-end loaders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cody Koala 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J621.8 ZALAngleberger, Tom
Summary: Every Thursday, as a break from mowing Big Island, McToad and his tractor make their way to Tiny Island, using various modes of transportation and types of machinery to get there and back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Angleberger 2015Holmes, Kirsty
Summary: Many young children cheer at the sight of a digger. Diggers, or excavators, are construction vehicles that dig and lift heavy things. They are huge machines and seem like lots of fun to drive! In this book, readers can fulfill their dream of learning to drive one long before they're actually old enough. From the parts of the vehicle to how the controls work, the main content of this book covers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing, an imprint of Greenhaven Publishing, LLC 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the four humorous level 1 readers included in this collection, Blippi volunteers at an animal shelter, drives an excavator, takes a walk around his neighborhood, and imagines he's a dinosaur.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Studio Fun International, an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group 2022